PLANTS Profile for Solanum tuberosum (Irish potato)

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PLANTS Profile

Solanum tuberosum L.
Irish potato

Symbol:

SOTU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Solanaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		I
HI		I
PR		I
CAN		W

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Native Status:
Solanum tuberosum L.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, FL, HI, IL, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, UT, VA, VT, WA), USA+ (PR), CAN (MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE)

Related Taxa:
Solanum tuberosum L.

View 42 genera in Solanaceae, 104 species in Solanum

Classification:
Solanum tuberosum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Solanaceae – Potato family
Genus	Solanum L. – nightshade
Species	Solanum tuberosum L. – Irish potato

Introduced Information:
Solanum tuberosum L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Solanum tuberosum L.

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Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Solanum tuberosum L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505272.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

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Solanum tuberosum L.

Encyclopedia of Life Species Abstract

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